Prahlad Strickland Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Just wondering what the users of the camera link on here are doing regarding blocks. All my TX's are 20-23. I was hoping to grab a camera link on say block 23 so I can have a spare receiver within the new wideband TX's range. I had spoken to zaxcom a while back, and they recommended the camera link go up higher say block 25 or so. I know zaxcom are famous for being able to operate a bunch of frequencies within the same block. Wondering if others are running their bag RX's and camera link on the same blocks? Any bad experiences or good experience would be very much appreciated. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 You can run quite a few frequencies with in a given block with no issue. The issue is you don't want a transmitter that is in the same block in close physical proximity to the receiver in a bag. This can desensitize the receiver giving you poor RF performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 A camera link in block 23 would work provided you run your talent mics in 20, 21 and the low end of 22 and your camera link is in the high end of 23. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Todd Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 You can get a higher block transmitter and a QRX200. The QRX 200 works with any block of Zax transmitter. Unless you're determined to get a QRX235, a higher block camera link and the QRX200 (which covers 8 blocks) is the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Unless you're determined to get a QRX235, a higher block camera link and the QRX200 (which covers 8 blocks) is the way to go. The 235 will give you the ability to send and receive time code and send ZaxNet audio. So if that is something that you don't need Jason's suggestion works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prahlad Strickland Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Thanks fellas. Makes sense. And both answers give me a good idea of how I'm going to do it. I think for now Jason's idea is a good one. I won't get a return confidence. With tc I can always jam the camera through the day until I can afford a dedicated 235 for cMera with Ifb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Todd Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 You can always add an ERX for timecode and get extra ERXs for cameras that don't need a broadcast quality up. *hop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Todd Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Jamming the camera throughout the day is a total pain. Definitely add an ERX or some kind of lockit box. They're not expensive and are 100% necessary for most shoots that I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prahlad Strickland Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Jamming the camera throughout the day is a total pain. Definitely add an ERX or some kind of lockit box. They're not expensive and are 100% necessary for most shoots that I do. Good idea, The second camera is fine to receive scratch on all the shoots i do, cam A gets left channel lav's and right channel boom always. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameronlenart Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 I have a QRX100QIFB + cameralink and had to use a loaner QRX100 with no IFB while it was out of action. Made me appreciate the QIFB so much more, very convenient having it all in one package and worth the money and loosing the flexibility of extra talent reciever IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 I have a QRX100QIFB + cameralink and had to use a loaner QRX100 with no IFB while it was out of action. Made me appreciate the QIFB so much more, very convenient having it all in one package and worth the money and loosing the flexibility of extra talent reciever IMO Yep having the ability to output time code to the camera from the same box is indispensable for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.paterson Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hi jack do you use the uhf to send tc to qrx hop or the ifb?..thanks ..richatd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hi jack do you use the uhf to send tc to qrx hop or the ifb?..thanks ..richatd I always send the time code embedded in the uhf signal so I can receive return audio from the via zaxnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.paterson Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Hi jack thanks i have been going other way cam ss master tc and using ifb, but feel uhf route feeding tc to cam more solid range wise..thanks..richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted October 19, 2014 Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Plus it frees up zaxnet for other purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prahlad Strickland Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Jack I thought you could send tc from camera link to the qrx 235 via zaxnet while also receiving confidence audio via zaxnet. No? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Jack I thought you could send tc from camera link to the qrx 235 via zaxnet while also receiving confidence audio via zaxnet. No? No you can't - if the 235 is receiving TC via ZaxNet it can't transmit ZaxNet at the same time. While ZaxNet is a two way system and each ZaxNet enabled product can both send and receive - the unit can only go one direction at a time - so it cant send and receive simultaneously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameronlenart Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Jack I thought you could send tc from camera link to the qrx 235 via zaxnet while also receiving confidence audio via zaxnet. No? Just to reiterate, this set up is possible if the QRX is set to recieve TC via UHF (not via zaxnet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stricko Sound Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Just to reiterate, this set up is possible if the QRX is set to recieve TC via UHF (not via zaxnet) If it's routed to UHF that would snip one of the audio channels i'm taking?, so just a mono audio feed via UHF if setup like that A lot of shoots I do they want it iso, Boom left or right and the lav on the other, so just trying to get my head around the best way I can set it up. either way it's going to be a great rig especially when i'm el solo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameronlenart Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 If it's routed to UHF that would snip one of the audio channels i'm taking?, so just a mono audio feed via UHF if setup like that A lot of shoots I do they want it iso, Boom left or right and the lav on the other, so just trying to get my head around the best way I can set it up. either way it's going to be a great rig especially when i'm el solo No, you can still have two channels of audio as well as the TC over UHF. My set up is: QRX100QIFB set to receive two channels of audio + TC via UHF, IFB set to TX freq 2406. Nomad TX set to 2404. ERX set to voting. Cameralink zaxnet set to receive on 2406, in my setup the cameralink antenna is very close to the Nomad antenna so I usually turn off zaxnet in Nomad if I want to monitor return. Added bonus is if not using it on camera you can use it as a stand alone IFB TX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Just to reiterate, this set up is possible if the QRX is set to recieve TC via UHF (not via zaxnet) correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Norflus Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 If it's routed to UHF that would snip one of the audio channels i'm taking?, so just a mono audio feed via UHF if setup like that Nope - you can send two channels of audio with embedded time code over the same single UHF carrier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze Frias Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 in my setup the cameralink antenna is very close to the Nomad antenna so I usually turn off zaxnet in Nomad if I want to monitor return. Have you tried setting enough space between frequencies on your Nomad and CameraLink ZaxNet TX / RX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nysounds Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 I run my camera link and hops on block 24 and all my talent gear on 20 and 26. It's been working great for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameronlenart Posted October 20, 2014 Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Have you tried setting enough space between frequencies on your Nomad and CameraLink ZaxNet TX / RX? That would mean I wouldn't be able to use voting for my ERXs as it must be 2 steps away. I only check it periodically anyhow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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